32-year-old Irshad Sheikh, a resident of Surat was allegedly beaten to death by police while in custody last week on Wednesday.
Irshad was arrested on Tuesday for moving around in a “suspicious manner”. He was kept in the police lock-up and in the morning police were to produce him in court. However, Irshad suffered a fit and collapsed in the lock-up and suffered head injury, the police said.
However, the family alleged that Irshad was subjected to torture, which resulted in his death.
An inquiry has been ordered into Irshad’s death.
